Hi guys, My name is Diogo, I'm 30 years old and I'm from Portugal. After investigating a lot about Level Design I found this forum that I think is fantastic. I've been an interior designer for about 7 years, but the taste for games has always been huge, but in my country the game industry is still quite green, only with…
Welcome to Polycount! 1. Too late? Nope. https://polycount.com/search?Search=too+old 2. Make art outside of game education? Yes, see http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Game_Industry#Education 2b. How to start your level design work? See http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Level_Design 2c. Sketchup for level design? Sure, it can be…
I am 31 and just stepped my foot in this industry after learning by myself for 4 years, coming from a totally different background. For level design you can try learning ue4 or unity. Unity is more common for game studios but ue4 is easier to use if you are not a programmer. Ue4 also branches a bit more to other areas like…